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Your English poems, folks! (The other thread was/is actually for our Pukhto poems :D Let's reserve this for English only. And written BY PF members, k?) 
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The Apogee of My Being
k, here's my latest one.
Edit (Apr. 2): It's the edited version; I made a couple of changes.
The Apogee of My Being
When will I reach the apogee of my being?
When will I feel myself welcome in the circle of sages,
Environed by ambrosial perspectives,
Unencumbered with asinine notions of forbidden and permitted,
When, ultimately, everything is forbidden and everything permitted,
It must be in someone’s Book.
But these thoughts confound my mind
And deny me my right to my own psyche—
And I ache to know,
When will I reach the apogee of my being?
So that I may spurn these frivolous discourses held among the
Unlettered masses inside me and around me?
When will I reach the apogee of my being?
So that I can recline on the cushions of contentment,
Far, far away from this masquerade
That obliges me to dissemble my very being,
But I wait to reach the apogee of my being
So that I may embrace myself
And make it known to the worlds,
The world of the forbidden and the world of the permitted,
This is me—no more facades.
My once-thirsty anima has unearthed its roots,
And found its companions.
But rapt in these moments of respite,
I have arrived yet again in a desert.
Alas, when will I reach the apogee of my being?
~ Qrratugai
~ March 28th 2010
Also available on my blog @ http://qrratugai.blogspot.com/2010/0...-my-being.html
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Thanks for your appreciation, James! Very generous of you!
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Wa da nar lurey! Did you write this?! Good stuff, girl! I like the themeOriginally posted by DaZahroJaam
If it's what I think it is, that is, LOL. ... but I'm kinda confused about parts of it . . .
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Dont visit the place called jurrasic park
in which creature live which do not bark
Their teeth are so sharp and give shiney spark
These creatures r called dinos and they hunt in dark.[B]
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thank. yes i did. sometimes i get in the "mood".Originally posted by Qrratugai View PostWa da nar lurey! Did you write this?! Good stuff, girl! I like the theme If it's what I think it is, that is, LOL.
I am no bird, and no nest ensnares me.
non commercial would cost less if he was in charge himself which he plans on doing. right now it's n herat but soon it will be in qanadahar.
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Originally posted by jodigul View Post
Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.
A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai
For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."
The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!
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I ...
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^ ok may appear to be pretentious and dumb, but I wanted the world record for the shortest poem of all ...
... Apologies in advance ...
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^ once...i have written the world's shortest poem already.
I am no bird, and no nest ensnares me.
non commercial would cost less if he was in charge himself which he plans on doing. right now it's n herat but soon it will be in qanadahar.
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Aah .. you beat me to it already ...Originally posted by DaZahroJaam View Post
... but what could possibly be shorter than my I-poem ?
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what about "i"? it's incomplete. now "once" is a beginning and an end all in one word.
I am no bird, and no nest ensnares me.
non commercial would cost less if he was in charge himself which he plans on doing. right now it's n herat but soon it will be in qanadahar.
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I have written some poems in my student life but i am hesitant to show them to anyone or share at any public place etc[FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=darkred]Barking Dogs Seldom Bite...![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
:fighting:
LONG LIVE UNITED PAKISTAN
([B]Balochi + Sindi + Punjabi + Pashtoon + Chitrali + Kashmiri = My Sweet Pakistan[/B])
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Qrratu! Wowness! And you said mine were powerful. You mut have been dizzy when you said that. Amazing work! And you know what? I wouldnt want to post anything more, itd be a challenge alongside yours. I remembered what you said in the Pakhto thread about poems running out. That is so true! Ive got about three more I could share, and then Id have to start writing again ... something I have very little time for nowadays. You know what, I have to refer to my English Lit poetry analysis guides to discover the real meaning in your poem. And grab a dictionary too ... Keep them coming. As for me, I have to work harder
Son of Mountains, share awayyyy!Comment
deer kha khor Deer maza okra.
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